Python Contracts in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 28 38
Rank change year-on-year +1 +10 -12
Contract jobs citing Python 156 210 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.90% 7.29% 5.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.60% 31.96% 23.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 147 116
10th Percentile £328 £325 £396
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £606 £619 £602
90th Percentile £650 £750 £714
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £527
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.46% +10.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile £59.38 £15.60 -
25th Percentile - £19.49 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £41.03 -
Median % change year-on-year +58.44% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.41 -
90th Percentile £70.50 £71.21 -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £23.30 £38.25
% change year-on-year +178.97% -39.08% -19.47%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 527 657 785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.93% 22.81% 21.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 477 578
10th Percentile £331 £345 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £601 £588
90th Percentile £650 £682 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 5
10th Percentile £33.94 £25.64 £61.45
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £62.50
Median hourly rate £58.40 £56.88 £67.36
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -15.57% +68.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £76.61 £80.40
90th Percentile £67.63 £79.41 £81.66
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -17.95%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -8 111 £500 -9.09% 62
Buckinghamshire +34 33 £525 - 47
Oxfordshire -4 12 £563 +12.50% 63
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.41%) Apache
2 9 (5.77%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (5.77%) SAS
3 2 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.64%) Appian
4 1 (0.64%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.49%) SPSS
2 3 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.92%) Sketch
3 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 59 (37.82%) Azure
2 26 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 26 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 24 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 22 (14.10%) Serverless
5 20 (12.82%) Azure Functions
5 20 (12.82%) Azure Monitor
6 12 (7.69%) AWS
7 11 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (6.41%) Power Platform
9 5 (3.21%) PaaS
9 5 (3.21%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.56%) Azure AKS
10 4 (2.56%) Figma
10 4 (2.56%) GCP
10 4 (2.56%) OpenShift
10 4 (2.56%) SaaS
11 3 (1.92%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.92%) dbt
11 3 (1.92%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.26%) TCP/IP
2 12 (7.69%) VPN
3 10 (6.41%) SAN
4 7 (4.49%) BGP
4 7 (4.49%) Ethernet VPN
4 7 (4.49%) MPLS
4 7 (4.49%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (2.56%) Firewall
5 4 (2.56%) Network Security
5 4 (2.56%) Wireless
6 3 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.92%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.64%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.64%) DNS
7 1 (0.64%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.64%) Internet
7 1 (0.64%) Junos
7 1 (0.64%) RNC
7 1 (0.64%) SGSN
7 1 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (18.59%) NoSQL
2 17 (10.90%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (8.97%) MongoDB
4 9 (5.77%) Tableau
5 8 (5.13%) Big Data
6 7 (4.49%) GIS
6 7 (4.49%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (3.21%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.21%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.21%) Power BI
7 5 (3.21%) Relational Database
8 4 (2.56%) Data Mining
8 4 (2.56%) MySQL
8 4 (2.56%) Redis
9 3 (1.92%) PowerPivot
9 3 (1.92%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.92%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.28%) Impala
10 2 (1.28%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (21.79%) Git
2 17 (10.90%) Selenium
3 15 (9.62%) JIRA
4 10 (6.41%) Robot Framework
5 9 (5.77%) GitLab
6 7 (4.49%) TestRail
7 5 (3.21%) Visual Studio
8 4 (2.56%) Cucumber
8 4 (2.56%) JMeter
8 4 (2.56%) Subversion
9 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
9 3 (1.92%) Maven
10 1 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.64%) CMake
10 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.64%) ERwin
10 1 (0.64%) JUnit
10 1 (0.64%) Mockito
10 1 (0.64%) SpecFlow
General
1 39 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (12.18%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.26%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.77%) Finance
4 9 (5.77%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.56%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.56%) Local Government
6 4 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Advertising
8 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 69 (44.23%) Developer
2 41 (26.28%) Python Developer
3 29 (18.59%) Full Stack Developer
4 23 (14.74%) Analyst
5 20 (12.82%) Azure Developer
6 13 (8.33%) Data Analyst
6 13 (8.33%) Senior
7 12 (7.69%) Full Stack Python Developer
8 10 (6.41%) Network Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.49%) Test Engineer
10 6 (3.85%) Data Engineer
10 6 (3.85%) Programmer
11 5 (3.21%) Analyst Developer
11 5 (3.21%) Developer Analyst
11 5 (3.21%) Lead
11 5 (3.21%) Python Programmer
11 5 (3.21%) React Developer
11 5 (3.21%) Security Analyst
12 4 (2.56%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (19.87%) React
2 10 (6.41%) Django
3 9 (5.77%) REST
4 8 (5.13%) HTML
4 8 (5.13%) Node.js
4 8 (5.13%) YANG
5 7 (4.49%) CSS
5 7 (4.49%) D3.js
5 7 (4.49%) NETCONF
5 7 (4.49%) RESTCONF
5 7 (4.49%) SOAP
6 6 (3.85%) Celery
6 6 (3.85%) PySpark
7 5 (3.21%) AngularJS
7 5 (3.21%) OpenLayers
7 5 (3.21%) XML
8 4 (2.56%) .NET
8 4 (2.56%) GeoPandas
8 4 (2.56%) PostGIS
8 4 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.26%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.13%) Client/Server
3 6 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 6 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.56%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.56%) Device Driver
6 3 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.28%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.28%) NHS
8 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.64%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.64%) IoT
8 1 (0.64%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.15%) Linux
2 15 (9.62%) Windows
3 13 (8.33%) Debian
4 12 (7.69%) Ubuntu
5 10 (6.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (6.41%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.56%) Unix
7 2 (1.28%) VMS
8 1 (0.64%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.10%) Agile
2 47 (30.13%) DevOps
3 42 (26.92%) CI/CD
4 33 (21.15%) Full Stack Development
5 28 (17.95%) Data Modelling
6 27 (17.31%) Microservices
7 26 (16.67%) Test Automation
8 23 (14.74%) SDLC
9 20 (12.82%) Unit Testing
10 19 (12.18%) Software Engineering
11 17 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (10.26%) Data Engineering
12 16 (10.26%) ITIL
12 16 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (10.26%) Product Backlog
13 15 (9.62%) Scrum
14 14 (8.97%) Analytics
14 14 (8.97%) Change Management
14 14 (8.97%) Containerisation
15 12 (7.69%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (19.87%) SQL
2 30 (19.23%) Java
3 16 (10.26%) PowerShell
4 14 (8.97%) JavaScript
5 11 (7.05%) C++
5 11 (7.05%) R
6 10 (6.41%) C
7 8 (5.13%) Bash
7 8 (5.13%) Shell Script
7 8 (5.13%) VBScript
8 7 (4.49%) C#
9 4 (2.56%) Assembly Language
9 4 (2.56%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.92%) PHP
10 3 (1.92%) Ruby
11 2 (1.28%) Perl
11 2 (1.28%) Scala
12 1 (0.64%) Fortran
12 1 (0.64%) Go
12 1 (0.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 35 (22.44%) Security Cleared
2 23 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.54%) Degree
3 18 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.49%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.56%) PhD
6 3 (1.92%) CCNP
6 3 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.64%) CCIE
7 1 (0.64%) CEH
7 1 (0.64%) CISSP
7 1 (0.64%) HP ASE
7 1 (0.64%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.21%) Data Quality
1 5 (3.21%) QA
2 4 (2.56%) JTAG
3 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.64%) CDISC
3 1 (0.64%) GDPR
3 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.64%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (16.03%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.62%) Docker
3 14 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.56%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (2.56%) Firmware
5 4 (2.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (1.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.64%) HDFS
7 1 (0.64%) NFS
Systems Management
1 15 (9.62%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.05%) Ansible
3 8 (5.13%) Terraform
4 3 (1.92%) Netcool
4 3 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.28%) Argo
5 2 (1.28%) Grafana
5 2 (1.28%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.28%) Packer
5 2 (1.28%) Rundeck
5 2 (1.28%) vRealize
6 1 (0.64%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.64%) Kibana
6 1 (0.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (19.23%) VMware
2 16 (10.26%) Red Hat
3 15 (9.62%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.85%) Databricks
4 6 (3.85%) Dynatrace
4 6 (3.85%) Oracle
5 5 (3.21%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.56%) Cisco
6 4 (2.56%) IBM
6 4 (2.56%) Nokia
7 3 (1.92%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.92%) Google
7 3 (1.92%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.92%) Splunk
8 2 (1.28%) Cloudera
8 2 (1.28%) Informatica
8 2 (1.28%) SAP
9 1 (0.64%) Citrix
9 1 (0.64%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.64%) Juniper